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San Diego in May
sweet spot · one of the best months to go
The year in San Diego
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- JanJSan Diego in January: good
- FebFSan Diego in February: good
- MarMSan Diego in March: ok, busy
- AprASan Diego in April: sweet spot
- MayMSan Diego in May: sweet spot
- JunJSan Diego in June: sweet spot
- JulJSan Diego in July: good
- AugASan Diego in August: good, busy
- SepSSan Diego in September: sweet spot
- OctOSan Diego in October: good
- NovNSan Diego in November: good
- DecDSan Diego in December: good
- Sweet spot
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- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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The numbers
| Daily high | 20°C |
|---|---|
| Nightly low | 14°C |
| Feels like, afternoon | 20°C |
| Rainy days, 1 mm or more | 1 · 11 mm |
| Humidity | 74% |
| Sunshine | 10.9 h/day |
| Daylight | 13.9 h/day |
| Crowds | 80 / 100, higher is quieter |
Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.
How busy it gets
Public holidays in May
Holidays crowd a place out and push fares up around them; they count toward the crowd score above.
What May is known for
- Shoulder season — Pleasant temperatures and lower crowds make this a great time to visit.
Written by a language model from the climate figures; the numbers above are measured and win where the two disagree.
San Diego in pictures
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Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What to pack
- Sun protection: about 11 hours of sunshine a day.
Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.
Before you go
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On arrival in San Diego: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.
May elsewhere
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